About Melanie

studied English and has a bachelor's degree in psychology, with a focus on animal behavior, neuropsychology, and psychotherapy. She shares two pit bulls (adopted from the SPCA Serving Erie County) with her family, as well as three adopted cats with her husband, Fred. She takes pride in being a grammar enthusiast and advocating for animals, the environment, equal rights, and humanitarianism. She loves camping, cooking, taking photos, listening to psychedelic rock and indie music, and making all sorts of crafty things - from charm bracelets and paper rose bouquets to kitty condos and feral cat houses!

Melanie was sharing this profile with Fred, who is new to the Life With Dogs family, so many stories that were written by Fred from April 2014 - June 2014 will appear under Melanie's name.

lol everything I can. We are total recyclers, have organic gardens and chickens for eggs. Drive as little as possible etc etc and what do you do? anything??? We have 3 rescues here… big dog and 2 cats… add 2 bunnies we saved from a snake farm

Hey Gary, know your frustration and what you say is true. HOWEVER we cannot ever give up. Social media has changed things a lot and it is the perfect medium to tell business and politicos what we need and want.